Carbon Nanotube
Biography
Name
Sumio Iijima (Male)
Date of Birth
May 2, 1939
Education
- 1959-1963
- University of Electro-communications, Tokyo, Bachelor of Engineering
- 1963-1965
- Tohoku University, Sendai, Majoring in Physics; M.S.
- 1965-1968
- Tohoku University, Sendai, Majoring in Physics; Ph.D
Professional Record
- 1968-1974
- Research Associate, Research Institute for Scientific Measurements, Tohoku University, Sendai
- 1970-1977
- Research Associate, Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- 1977-1982
- Senior Research Associate, Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- 1979.3-1979.9
- Visiting Senior Scientist, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
- 1982-1987
- Group Leader, ERATO Program, Research Development Corporation of Japan, Nagoya
- 1987-Present
- Senior Research Fellow, NEC Corporation, Tsukuba (Joined NEC in 1987 as Senior Principal Researcher)
- 1998-2002
- Research Director, JST/ICORP "Nanotubulites" Project Tsukuba and Nagoya
- 1999-Present
- Professor, Meijo University, Nagoya (Visiting Lecturer, 1998 - 1999)
- 2001-Present
- Director, Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba
- 2002-2006
- Project Reader, NEDO "Advanced Nanocarbon Application Project"
- 2003-2008
- Research Director, JST/SORST (Japan Sci. & Tech. Agency/Solution Oriented Res. And Tech.) Iijima Team
- 2005-Present
- Dean, Sungkyunkwan University, Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT)
- 2006-Present
- Project Leader, NEDO "Carbon Nanotube Capacitor Development Project"
- 2007-Present
- Distinguished Invited University Professor of Nagoya University, Nagoya
Honors, Awards
- 1976
- Bertram Eugene Warren Diffraction Physics Award, The American Crystallography Society
- 1980
- Seto Award, The Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy
- 1985
- The Crystallographic Society of Japan Award
- 1985
- Nishina Memorial Award, The Nishina Memorial Foundation, Japan
- 1986
- Minister Award, The Agency of Science and Technology, Japan
- 1986
- Best Paper Award, The Japan Society for Applied Physics
- 1989
- Ban Memorial Award, The Ban Memorial Committee, Japan
- 1996
- Asahi Award, The Asahi Shinbun Cultural Foundation, Japan
- 1999
- Tsukuba Prize, The Science and Technology Promotion Foundation of Ibaraki, Japan
- 2001
- Ishikawa Carbon Award, Ishikawa Carbon Science and Technology Promotion Foundation
- 2002
- J.C.McGroddy Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society
- 2002
- Agilent Europhysics Prize, European Physical Society
- 2002
- Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, The Franklin Institute
- 2002
- Honorary Doctor of the University of Antwerp
- 2002
- The Mukai Award, Tokyo Ohka Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology
- 2002
- Chunichi Bunka Award, Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd.
- 2002
- Japan Academy Award and Imperial Award
- 2003
- The JSAP Outstanding Achievement Award, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
- 2003
- Honorary Doctor of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- 2003
- Van Horn Lecture, Case Western Reserve University
- 2003
- Person of Cultural Merits
- 2004
- Honda Frontier Award
- 2004
- The Society's Medal (The American Carbon Society)
- 2005
- Distinguished Scientist Award, Physical Sciences (Microscopy Society of America)
- 2005
- Honorary Professor of Xi'an Jiaotong University
- 2005
- Honorary Professor of Peking University
- 2006
- The John M. Cowley Medal 2006 (The International Federation of Societies for Microscopy)
- 2007
- Gregori Aminoff Prize in crystallography 2007 (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
- 2007
- Fujiwara Award
- 2007
- National Academy of Science, Foreign Associates
- 2007
- The Japan Society for Applied Physics (Fellow)
- 2007
- 2007 Balzan Prize for Nanoscience and Others
- 2008
- DOW lecture, Northwestern University
- 2008
- The 2008 Plueddemann Award (Case Western University)
- 2008
- The First Richard E. Smalley Research Award (The Electrochemical Society) and Others
- 2008
- The Kavli Prize Nanoscience 2008 (The Kavli Foundation, Norway)
- 2008
- The Prince of Asturias Award for Technical Scientific Research 2008, (The Prince of Asturias Foundation, Spain)
- 2008
- Economist Innovation Awards "No Boundaries", (The Economist, UK)
- 2009
- Honorary Professor of Tsing Hua University
- 2009
- The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Foreign Member)
Research Fields
Crystallography, Electron microscopy, Solid-state Physics, Materials Science
Societies
- The Physical Society of Japan
- The Japan Society for Applied Physics (Fellow)
- The Japanese Society of Microscopy (Honorary Member)
- The Chemical Society of Japan
- The Crystallographic Society of Japan (Honorary Member)
- The American Physical Society (Fellow)
- The Materials Research Society (USA)
- Microscopy Society of America
- Royal Microscopy Society, Honorary Fellowship
- National Academy of Sciences (Foreign Associate)
- The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Foreign Member)
Boards
- The Advisory Editorial Board of "Ultramicroscopy"
- The Advisory Editorial Board of "Chemical Physics Letters"
- Associate Editor of "Nanostructured Materials"
- The Advisory Board of "Journal of electron microscopy, Advisory Board"
- The Advisory Editorial Board of "Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics"
- Journal Nano, Editorial Board
- ISSS-5, Advisory Committee
List of papers(PDF File)
